>> And yes, it would be cool to have a program like FAC Soundtracker in
1986,
>> when the MusicModule was released...I still see that as a big failure
from
>> Philips. They knew the possibilities of this piece of hardware and the
>> Module only came with a pathetic simple MSX1-program......What a
>> shame.............
>There was a program by Philips called Music creator. It was part (I
believe)
>of the MM package. It still wasn't perfect, but it was something. But you
>are right. With the introduction of FAC soundtracker I got interested in
>music and started composing. I still do by the way, but on the Moonsound.
Yes, Music creator is the program I mean. That piece of shit only uses one
of the channels, so it really sucks. The technology was already there in
1986, but they just hadn't made the right program to deliver the MM
with........
By the way, my story about FAC Soundtracker....I dare to say that the FAC is
responsible for the fact that we are still here today in this mailinglist
and in the MSX Newsgroup. Their program was one of the biggest revolutions
in MSX history, especially here in Holland, where suddenly the MSX became a
computer on which you can listen to musics, superior to every other system
around, even the AMIGA....*zucht, those were the days*.............
The hype continued with Moonblaster, but not as big as Soundtracker. I
remember the Zandvoort fair in 1991 where IMPACT released 'IMPACCEN &
WEGWEZEN' and 'MUSIX Disk #1'. On the opposite site of the building, FAC
made a huge impression with FAC DEMO V.........*zucht*....Not to speak of
BCF, who released their 4th issue of the BCF Diskstation...Also a huge
artistic success....And MI-CHI was there with his first
turboR-demo...........*zucht*..........And GENIC.....*grin, still have the
videotape of that TROS-program, in which GENIC was completely crushed,
because some fellow ordered a turboR and didn't got it delivered. Wim
Bosboom talking about MSX in 1991/1992, how weird....Bas Labruyere......*
Greetz,
Anne
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